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Lost to science for more than a century, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit has been confirmed by scientists to be alive and hopping in southern Mexico. The species was rediscovered via interviews with ...

Rabbit hunting is now open statewide here in Kentucky. And if you hunt the Eastern Cottontail here in the central part of the state, you'll find a big difference if you go west and chase the swamp ...

GREENVILLE — If you’ve spent any amount of time in or near Greenville, you’ve inevitably heard the term “swamp rabbit.” Swamp rabbit, while a real animal with larger populations than its cottontail ...

THREE RIVERS AREA — Standing ankle deep in the blackwater bayou, I watch the swamp rabbit. I can hear, in the distance, two beagles hot on its track, but this bottomland creature seems unconcerned.

It's tough to be a rabbit. Four out of five cottontail rabbits living wild in Kansas die within a year, said Jeff Prendergast, small game specialist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.